Stephen Dobbie

Stephen Dobbie (born 5 December 1982) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for AFC Fylde in the National League North. He is best known as Queen of the South's second-highest goalscorer of all time (166 goals) and the club's record scorer for a single season (43 goals in the 2018-19 season).

Dobbie started his career in the 2002–03 season at Rangers, followed by unremarkable spells at Hibernian and St Johnstone. His career was revived by a loan spell at Dumbarton in 2006, and he then scored 55 goals in 105 appearances for Queen of the South in his first spell at Palmerston Park, playing in the club's first-ever appearance in the Scottish Cup Final in 2008.

Dobbie moved to Swansea City in 2009. Dobbie was loaned to Blackpool and won promotion to the Premier League, winning the 2010 play-offs. Dobbie returned to Swansea City and again won promotion to the Premier League via the 2011 play-offs. Dobbie was again loaned to Blackpool in 2012 and played in a third successive play-off final, this time as a runner-up. In 2012 he signed for Brighton & Hove Albion before joining Crystal Palace, initially on loan, where he helped the Eagles to win promotion in 2013 to the Premier League.

Dobbie then had a third spell at Blackpool and played for Fleetwood Town and Bolton Wanderers, before returning to Scotland in August 2016 to sign for the Doonhamers for a second spell, where he scored a further 111 goals in 178 appearances. Overall, Dobbie scored 166 goals in 283 appearances and after his release from the Dumfries club he made his return to Lancashire, signing for AFC Fylde in the National League North.